Journal-lubricator.



No.- 728.777. PATENTE MAY 19, 1903.

J.. G. SMITH, JOURNAL LUBRIGATOR. APPLIOATION FILED IULY 28, 1902.

WIM/55555: y/Tf i UNITED S'f-rivr'ssA JAMES G. SMITH, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO ID LUBRIOATOR COMPANY, ,-OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Patented 'May 19,l 19GB,

PAfrI'ZNTA OFIrIcm JOURNAL-LUBRICATOR.

SPEQIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,777, dated May 19 .1903. Application filed July 28 1902. Serial No. 117,375. (No model.)

. do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperltains to make and use the same, ref` erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofl reference marked thereon, which form a part of this spe'cication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in journal-lubricating boxes; and the object of the invention isto generally improve, upon the type of lubricatingboxes upon which I have secured Letters Patent No. 634,860, of October lO, 1899, and N o. 647,886, and in carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide an im perforate oil-cellar which' is yieldingly` mounted within a boxing and provided with a suitble block which is supported transversely within the oil-cellar by means of integral lugs projecting upward from the -bottom of the cellar and adapted to hold a block, preferably ofasbestos or other suitable material, in an upright position for the purpose o tpreventing the. axle from coming in contact with the walls of the cellar and also serving for the purpose of retaining the absorbent waste on either-side of said block, thus causing thel same to eiectually distribute the oil continu-- ously by capillary attraction over a large area of the circumference of the axle, thus at all times preventingthe heating of the box under highest speed imparted to the axle.

.The invention consists, further, in various ,details of construction and inl arrangements and combinations of parts, which will be he-reinafter fully-described and then specifically defined in the appended claim..

My invention is illustrated in the accom*V ing drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view taken on line 1 l of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal View through the box, showing the axle in elevadrawings.

walls, in which -detail itv differentiates fromthe constructions shown in myformer patents,

EAL JOURNAL in which apertures are formed'to receive.

Wicks for the purpose ofieeding oil bycapil lary attraction from .the oil-cellar beneath through into the tray, and which'features are dispensed with in the present invention. Said oil-receptacle is mounted upon springs the oilcellar, and posts Brise from the corners of the rectangular frame B', which rests in the boxing B2. Said posts B have a play in the guideways G, which comprise recesses with closed tops, which are cast integral with the oil-receptacle, a perspective view of one of these projections in which the recesses are formed being clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the rPhe springs before referred to bearl between said frame B/ andthe lower face of the oil-receptacle about the margins of the recesses therein and serve to hold the said receptacle yieldingly against the axle D.vg

Rising from and integral with the bottom of the'rhoil-receptacle are tworows of lugs, (desprojecting lugs and is held securely iu place thereby. It will be observed in Fig. 1 of the drawings that the upper. edge of said block projects above the 'cut-away margins (designated by letter H) of the oil-receptacle, and one of the purposes of said block is to prevent the axle coming in contact with the cut-away portions H of said receptacle. Anotherfand an essentialfeature of the block is for the purpose of preventing the waste (designated AC, preferably one adjacent tov each4 corner of in ,thedrawings by letter K) from being rolled insufficient in the tray by the axle, and thereby holding the waste stationary and against a large portion of the under surfaceof the axle to evenly distribute the oil to the surface thereof andv prevent heating of `the box.

A great deal voi trouble has been experi- .enced iu'actual practice in satisfactorily lubricating the axle by reason of the Waste or .other absorbent liquid oil-feeding material being drawn away from a-portion of the circumferenceoi the axle which turns Within 'or adjacent to the oil-receptacle.; but by the provision of the block ithas been vdemonstrated by actual experimenting that the waste isheld so as to oil thoroughly the portions of the axle ou eitherside of the block. In practice it has -been demonstrated that an axle of an engine which'has-been equipped with my improved -lubricating-boxupon one end thereof will not types.

of thesame .shaft trouble is frequently met cause heating of thebox, of lubricating-boxes vthe present application over the constructions shown in my former patents, which contenu? plate the feeding of the oil through wicks by capillary attraction and which features I dispense with entirely in the present invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A journal-lubricating box comprising in combination with a casing, a rack positioned therein, posts rising from said rack, an oilreceptacle having bosses rising from the bottom thereof said bosses having imperforate tops, and in which bosses said posts are guided, the opposite side walls of said receptacle being cut away, two rows of projections F, spaced apart, and rising from the bottom of the receptacle, a bar 'seated between said projections and extending above the marginal edges of said cut-away walls, and designed to hold said receptacle from contact withsaid axle, and a waste packing in the receptacle -and adapted to wipe against a rotating axle,

as set forth. n

In testimony whereofhl hereuntov aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. SMITH.

W i tnesses:

HENRY MOTZKUS, ELIZABETH Z. MOTZKUS. 

